Project Coordinator

At Lightspeed Construction Group, we take a people-first approach to construction. We know communications infrastructure construction isn’t just about fiber and towers. It’s about collaboration and honesty. At Lightspeed, a Full Circle Fiber Partners company, we bring more than steel toes and hard hats to the job site – we bring teamwork and integrity, and we do everything with a mindset of safety. Just as a well-placed network connects a community, a well-organized team powers all projects to success. Service excellence, pioneering experience, and a passion for what we do – that’s Lightspeed.

Lightspeed is a dynamic organization of diverse, customer-focused people committed to our Core Values: Service Excellence, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, Fairness and Mutual Respect. We are looking for motivated and professional individuals to grow with our team. Lightspeed offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, matching 401K and more.

Position Overview

The Project Coordinator will perform an integral role within the day-to-day scheduling, task coordination, reporting, escalation, and triage activities related to OSP construction and related activities.

The project coordinator will serve as a key supporting element to our construction and maintenance activities with our prime customers. This is a hands-on coordinator role, working alongside existing Lightspeed construction management, and program management office.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of workforce schedules, project production reporting employing typical project management process/methodologies such as resource allocation, Gannt charts/Kanban, and RAID logs.
• Coordinate with in-house and contingent resources on day-to-day assignments, resource deconfliction and triage activities.
• Work with the program management office to develop daily, monthly, and quarterly performance reporting metrics.
• Assist in the development contingency plans for workforce shortages or similar critical project challenges.
• Exceptional inter-personal and communication skills. (Both written and spoken)
  
  

The ideal candidate will possess the ability to communicate effectively across functional areas and throughout all levels in the organization, including customer staff. The candidate will be well organized, and detail oriented throughout all activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience as a dedicated project manager/coordinator in a telecommunications/cable/MSO environment.
• Prior experience in outside plant construction, permitting, and/or network engineering.
• Prior experience/knowledge in PMBOK methodology and processes.
• PgMP, PMP, Prince2 or similar certification is a plus, though not required.
• Ability to operate effectively across matrix organizations.
• Strong initiative, comfortable with ambiguity and willingness to move outside of one’s comfort zone.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in role, with Telecom/Cable/MSO or similar industry environment.
• Above average skill level with MS Office suite of tools to such as, excel, word, MS project and MS Teams.
• Prior experience with MS Project or other project management/efficiency tools such as JIRA, Confluence or similar is a plus.
  
  

PERSONAL STYLE

The ideal candidate will have high energy, and a passion for project delivery and execution. The ideal candidate will enjoy a diverse set of challenges to include, sub-contractor management, construction activities, and reporting/metrics.

Additional Personal Attributes

• Team player
• Ability to collaborate across all levels of an organization
• Influencing skills
• Calm and measured during times of stress/heightened urgency
• Data first mindset – objective results
  
  

THE ENVIRONMENT

The ideal candidate must be comfortable working in fast changing, start-up environment where resources are optimized around producing measurable results. A heavy reliance upon industry partners and contingent resources is a key aspect of this role. The role will be predominately office based with opportunities for hybrid work schedules.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information systems or related discipline or equivalent work experience.

About Us

Lightspeed Construction Group, LLC is a premier telecommunications construction and infrastructure provider, enabling the nation’s largest Cable, Telecom, and Electric Co-ops, in providing next generation fiber optic and communications distribution networks.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with this position. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.